Mikki and all,
We [INEGroup] completely concur with MIkki's comments here as
I indicated yesterday. We are still in detailed review of the WIPO RFC-3
"Final Report" currently and have no completed that in depth review
process. It is my understanding that the EU council is also still
in review process of the WIPO "Final Report" as well, which I am told
is not likely to be completed before the Berlin conference as well.
As stated yesterday by myself, INEGroup is in firm belief that the
ICANN At-Large membership should make any decisions regarding
matters of such weight that will directly effect those members or
stakeholders as to be compliant with the principals of the White
Paper. Hence, unless or until the At-Large Membership is in place,
this decision should await dispensation and be subject to the At-Large
membership by majority Vote.
Mikki Barry wrote:
> >I echo Bret's concerns and agree with his suggested course of action.
> >There is
> >no urgency to take this action.
>
> I completely agree. It would take longer than the timeframe allocated to
> even provide coherrent comments on a report as dense and as far reaching as
> this one. There is definitely no impending necessity.
> >
> >> Esther Dyson wrote:
> >>
> >> >Thanks for your comments. AS noted, we have not yet decided what we will
> >> >do. It indeed depends on public comments, among other things. But aside
> >>from
> >> >our process, do you have any comments on the substance of the WIPO report?
> >> >We would welcome those.
> >> >
> >> >Esther
> >>
> >> Yes, ICANN has noted that it "will take appropriate action, which may
> >> include seeking further comments on the recommendations, referring of
> >> some or all of them to other ICANN entities, and/or adopting certain of
> >> the recommendations." (http://www.icann.org/wipo/wipo.htm)
> >>
> >> But the point is that this is a very voluminous report that will have
> >> been published less than a month before the Berlin meeting. The
> >> possibilty that the Interim Board would take action that could include
> >> adopting certain of the recommendations was noted less than a month
> >> before the Berlin meeting.
> >>
> >> The individuals and companies that have been following this report
> >> through the drafting process are in the best position to assimilate it
> >> and provide comments on ICANN's schedule. But isn't the point of ICANN to
> >> seek consensus from the larger Internet community? That kind of consensus
> >> building takes longer than three weeks, and a fully constructed ICANN --
> >> with three SOs and a General Membership -- will have the structure
> >> necessary to reach that consensus.
> >>
> >> I would ask that the Interim Board modify this announcement to take the
> >> possibility of adopting WIPO recommendations off the table.
> >>
> >> -- Bret
> >>
> >
Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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